000
FZPN04 KNHC 111023
HSFEP3

HIGH SEAS FORECAST FOR METAREA XVI
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL
1115 UTC SAT FEB 11 2012
CCODE/1:31:16:01:00/AOW/NWS/CCODE

SUPERSEDED BY NEXT ISSUANCE IN 6 HOURS

SEAS GIVEN AS SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT...WHICH IS THE AVERAGE 
HEIGHT OF THE HIGHEST 1/3 OF THE WAVES. INDIVIDUAL WAVES MAY 
BE MORE THAN TWICE THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT.

SECURITE
 
S PACIFIC FROM THE EQUATOR TO 18.5S E OF 120W.

SYNOPSIS VALID 0600 UTC SAT FEB 11.
24 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC SUN FEB 12.
48 HOUR FORECAST VALID 0600 UTC MON FEB 13.

.WARNINGS.

.NONE.

.SYNOPSIS AND FORECAST.

.S OF 15S BETWEEN 90W AND 103W E TO SE WINDS 20 KT. SEAS TO 9 
FT. ELSEWHERE S OF 11S E OF 102W WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 
9 FT IN SW SWELL.
.24 HOUR FORECAST LOW PRES NEAR 07S90W 1012 MB. WITHIN 210 NM S 
SEMICIRCLE OF LOW WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN MIXED 
SW AND S SWELL. S OF 18S BETWEEN 93W AND 108W SE TO E WINDS 20 
KT. SEAS TO 9 FT IN SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 18S W OF 98W WINDS 
LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS TO 8 FT IN SW SWELL. 
.48 HOUR FORECAST S OF 17S BETWEEN 94W AND 108W SE WINDS 20 KT. 
SEAS TO 9 FT IN PRIMARILY SW SWELL. ELSEWHERE S OF 10S W OF 103W 
WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS 8 TO 10 FT IN SW SWELL. 

.REMAINDER OF AREA WINDS LESS THAN 20 KT. SEAS LESS THAN 8 FT.

CONVECTION VALID AT 0415 UTC SAT FEB 11...

.INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE...
THE ITCZ AXIS EXTENDS FROM 07S85W TO LOW PRES NEAR 05S90W 1011 
MB TO 03S104W. SCATTERED MODERATE CONVECTION NOTED WITHIN 150 NM 
NE SEMICIRCLE OF LOW.

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FORECASTER STRIPLING